The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (founded in 1754, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Franklin and Stephen Hawking are notable past Fellows)

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Kenneth Barnes spent many years as a senior international executive for multiple multi-billion dollar companies, doing business on six continents. He has also served as a bi-vocational pastor in both the United States and the United Kingdom, where he holds dual citizenship.

Currently the Mockler-Phillips Chair at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and tutor of Theology & Religious Studies at Oxford, Dr. Barnes is married to Debby, a singer/songwriter and professional voice-over artist. They have three grown children: Bernadette, Christian and Julia.

Capitalism’s redemption rests on ‘the decisions we are yet to make’, according to Barnes. What are those decisions? And what are the right answers?

The Moral/Ethical Vacuum at the Center of Capitalism

Was Jesus a socialist?

What does the right fail to understand about socialism/the collective?

Can Faith Save Capitalism?

Capitalism, Faith and the Postmodern Millennial: Understanding a Generation’s Skepticism of Free Market Capitalism and the Intrigue of Alternative Economic Systems

Christians, Conservatism and ‘the Collective’: Where the Collective DOES Do it Better and Why

Broke: Why Most Christians Can’t Explain Their Support for Capitalism

What will an economy/capitalism in an America whose moral compass/values continue to evolve, look like in 10 years? 25?

‘Compassionate Capitalism’? Does/can such a thing exist?

Enough With the Boogeymen. Can Capitalism Work for Everybody?

The Capitalism We Have Is the Capitalism We’ve Chosen: Choosing Differently Without Surrendering Our Freedom to Choose

Is Capitalism Incompatible with Christianity? Must Americans of Faith Choose?

How do people of faith reconcile their support for capitalism and the early church’s communal economy? A look at Acts 2:44-45

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New Book:
Redeeming Capitalism

For good or ill, the capitalism we have, is the capitalism we’ve chosen, says Dr. Kenneth Barnes. And it works, but not for everyone and the challenge before us is not to change its structure, but to address the moral vacuum at the core of its current practice. This book explores the history and workings of this (sometimes brutal) economic system, investigates the effects of postmodernism and unpacks biblical teachings on work and wealth. Barnes envisions a more just and flourishing capitalism, built not on the folly of naked self-interest, but on the sure foundations of faith, hope and love.

Barnes barrels through the history of modern capitalism, beginning with Adam Smith, touching on Marx’s incisive critique of capitalism’s excesses, diving into Max Weber and the Protestant ethic, and finally landing with an analysis of what he calls “postmodern capitalism” that includes sections on the Occupy movement and Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century.